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4945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap%20opera | Soap opera | A soap opera is a television or radio program that airs in episodic series. This means that each episode continues telling a story, which, in turn, tells more of the last episode's story. A single story on a soap opera can be told for weeks, months, or sometimes even years.
In America, each soap opera airs every day, ... |
4949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Young%20and%20the%20Restless | The Young and the Restless | The Young and the Restless is a very popular American soap opera. The show is the highest-rated soap opera, which means that more people watch it than any other soap opera. It aired its first episode on March 26, 1973. It is set in fictional Genoa City, Wisconsin. In the beginning, the show was about the Brooks family,... |
4951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20%28U.S.%20state%29 | Georgia (U.S. state) | Georgia is a state in the southeastern part of the United States. It is bordered by Florida to the south, Alabama to the west, Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, and South Carolina to the east. All of Georgia's coastline is on the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean borders Georgia to the southeast.
Georgia was establis... |
4954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prem%20Rawat | Prem Rawat | Prem Pal Singh Rawat (previously known as Maharaji, also known as Guru Maharaj Ji and Balyogeshwar) waku
s born in India on December 10, 1957. Rawat is a self-help guru who teaches inner peace by the use of what he calls "self-knowledge".
His father was a spiritual master, guru (or teacher of religious matters) in In... |
4955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel%20Kant | Immanuel Kant | Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher. He was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, and also died there. Kant studied philosophy in the university there, and later became a professor of philosophy. He called his system "transcendental idealism". Kant's thorough writing about epistemology... |
4962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt | Aunt | An aunt is relationship that describes a woman who is a sibling of a parent or is married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts are sometimes called Auntie or Aunty. A man is a nephew to their Aunt and a woman is a niece. An aunt is part of an extended family. The child of an aunt's is a cousin. Often the word aunt is used w... |
4964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer | Homer | Homer is the name of the Greek poet who wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. These are the earliest works of Greek literature which have survived to the present day, and are among the greatest treasures of the ancient world. They are a product of Mycenaean culture. The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan war... |
4966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis%20de%20Sade | Marquis de Sade | Donatien Alphonse François, Comte de Sade, (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), better known as the Marquis de Sade) was a French nobleman, writer and philosopher who was born in Paris. The de Sade family were French nobility, who came from Provence. Different members of the house held positions in the Church, and the Fren... |
4972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone | Eurozone | The Eurozone (also called Euro area or Euroland) is the set of countries in the European Union which have adopted the Euro (€) currency. The European Central Bank is responsible for managing the supply of money within the eurozone and political decisions are taken by the "euro group", which is a meeting of the politici... |
4973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal%20number | Ordinal number | Ordinal numbers (or ordinals) are numbers that show something's order, for example: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.
Suppose a person has four different T-shirts, and then lays them in front of the person, from left to right.
At the far left, there is the red T-shirt.
Right of that is the blue one.
Then there is the yello... |
4977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome | Gnome | The word Gnome can mean different things:
A Gnome is a creature of myth.
Gnomes are elemental spirits of earth.
Gnomes are tiny, shaped like humans, with long beards. A gnome is like a dwarf but smaller. Gnomes like gems and mining.
The GNOME desktop is a desktop environment for computers running Unix and Unix-l... |
4978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic | Republic | A republic is a form of government that has no monarchy and no hereditary aristocracy. It originates from Rome. In 509 BC, the Romans overthrew the Roman Kingdom and established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf.
National sovereignty lies in the authority of the... |
4980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Luther | Martin Luther | Martin Luther (10 November 1483 in Eisleben - 18 February 1546 in Eisleben) was a German monk and theologian of Christianity. He is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation. As this happened, what are now called Protestant churches split from the Roman Catholic church. He started the Lutheran Church, the first... |
4982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh | Noh | Noh or No (Japanese:能 Nō) is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama. It started in the 14th century and continues today. Noh is made up of mai (dances), hayashi (music) and utai (words usually in songs). The performers use masks and dance slowly. Zeami and his father Kan'ami brought Noh to its present-day for... |
4984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga | Manga | A manga () is a Japanese comic book.
Manga is drawn by a mangaka () (Japanese for cartoonist: an artist of comics). Manga is usually read from right to left.
The word manga can be both singular and plural, and mean both the medium of comics or a single comic. It is a form of art that is used to draw comics and deve... |
4988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spree | Spree | The Spree is a river in the north-east of Germany.
It runs through the centre of Berlin. The river is long.
Geography of Berlin
Geography of Brandenburg
Geography of Saxony
Rivers of Germany |
4990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism | Liberalism | Liberalism is a way of thinking about politics and government.
Beliefs
Some liberals believe that freedom is impossible without equality, and that governments should promote egalitarianism by providing education and health care supported by taxes. Other liberals believe that taxes are bad, and that people should pro... |
4991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s%20paradoxes | Zeno's paradoxes | Zeno's paradoxes are a famous set of thought-provoking stories or puzzles created by Zeno of Elea in the mid-5th century BC. Philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians have argued for 25 centuries over how to answer the questions raised by Zeno's paradoxes.
Nine paradoxes have been attributed to him. Zeno construct... |
4993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrake | Mandrake | For the Linux variant, see Mandriva Linux
Mandrake is the common name of a number of plants in the Nightshade family, genus Mandragora. The roots often look like man or woman, or can be easily made to resemble them. The plant has been used in witchcraft for a long time.
According to this literature, the plant shriek... |
4994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian | Debian | Debian is a free operating system. It is a distribution of an operating system known as the GNU operating system, which can be used with various kernels, including Linux, kFreeBSD, and Hurd. In combination with these kernels, the operating system can be referred to as Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, and Debian G... |
4995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU | GNU | GNU is the name of a computer operating system. The name is short for GNU's Not Unix. Richard Stallman leads the GNU Project. The popular Linux operating systems made using Linux kernel include many GNU tools. So, many projects and developers call the Linux-based operating systems GNU/Linux.
The GNU project was starte... |
5000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia | Serbia | The Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija), or usually just Serbia (Serbian: Србија / Srbija), is a country in Central Europe. The capital city is Belgrade. To the north of Serbia is the country Hungary. To the east of Serbia are the countries Bulgaria and Romania. To the south of Serbia is t... |
5001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer | Cancer | Cancer is a type of disease where cells grow out of control, divide and invade other tissues. In a person without cancer, cell division is under control. In most tissues, healthy cells divide in a controlled way and copy themselves to create new healthy cells. With cancer, this normal cell division goes out of contro... |
5007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography | Photography | Photography is a way of making a picture using a camera. A person who makes pictures using a camera is called a photographer. A picture made using a camera is called a photograph or photo. Photography became popular in the middle 19th century with Daguerreotype. Later wet plate and dry plate methods were invented. Most... |
5008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym | Acronym | An acronym is a word whose letters are the first letters of other words. People often create a short acronym that means the same thing as a much longer phrase (set of words). This is faster and shorter to say then the long phrase.
Examples of acronyms are:
COBOL - COmmon Business Oriented Language
LASER - Light ... |
5009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20wave | Radio wave | Radio waves make up part of the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves are packets of energy with differing wavelengths, similar to visible light waves, X-rays or gamma rays, except longer.
A radio wave, like other electromagnetic waves, is similar to an ocean surface wave or any other type of wave. Both types of wave... |
5010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge | Bridge | A bridge is a structure to cross an open space or gap. Bridges are mostly made for crossing rivers, valleys, or roads. Nowadays most big bridges are made to carry vehicles but people have also walked across bridges for thousands of years. Bridges called highway overpasses carry a road over another road.
Military b... |
5011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism | Mysticism | Mysticism is the belief that people can directly experience God or true reality, rather than through books, ritual or other people. People who practice this are called mystics.
Mystics exist within most religions, though not all people who practice religions are mystics. Mystics may experience visions or dreams, or he... |
5012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario | Ontario | Ontario is a province of Canada. It is in the eastern half of Canada, between Manitoba and Quebec. Ontario has the most people of any province, with 13,150,000 in 2009, and is home to the biggest city in Canada, Toronto, which is also the capital of the province. In the eastern part of the province, placed on the borde... |
5013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba | Manitoba | Manitoba is a province of Canada. It lies roughly in the centre of Canada.
Manitoba is the 6th largest province with area. It has the fifth largest number of people, with 1,379,584 in 2020. People from Manitoba are called "Manitobans".
History
People have been living in Manitoba for thousands of years. Both the Huds... |
5014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head%20of%20government | Head of government | The head of government is the leader of the executive branch of a nation's government. This is not always the same person as the head of state. Official titles for heads of government include Premier or Prime Minister.
For example, in the United States, the president is both the head of state and the head of governmen... |
5017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan (; Canadian French: ) is a province in Canada. About 1 million people live in Saskatchewan. Most of its population lives in the southern part of the province. The primary industry in Saskatchewan is agriculture (farming).
Saskatchewan is known for its wide horizons. The land is very flat in the south, so... |
5022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20music | Classical music | Classical music is a very general term which normally refers to the standard music of countries in the western world. It is music that has been composed by musicians who are trained in the art of writing music (composing) and written down in music notation so that other musicians can play it. Classical music may also b... |
5026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU | SNAFU | SNAFU or snafu is an acronym that the United States Military first used. Civilians now use it as well. It stands for Situation Normal: All (Fucked/Fouled/Francis) Up.
In modern times, it means a situation that was occurring normally but then suddenly began to go wrong. For example:
The general's visit this week-end w... |
5031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta | Atlanta | Atlanta is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the South's largest cities. Atlanta is known as a major business city. It is the home of Coca-Cola Company, CNN, AT&T, and Home Depot, as well as many other Fortune 500 companies. Atlanta's airport, called Hartsfield-Jackson Internationa... |
5032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2%20Machiavelli | Niccolò Machiavelli |
Niccolò Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine Renaissance man, statesman, and writer. He was a diplomat and government official in the Medici period of the Florentine Republic. Machiavelli is best known for writing about political philosophy. He also wrote poetry, plays, carnival songs, history boo... |
5033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply%20line | Supply line | A supply line is a large line of military supply vehicles, usually in convoy format. The line is useful for transporting needed supplies (food, medical supplies, ammo) to the front line. Without the supply line, a deployed army far from home would not be able to fight for long, as supplies would soon run out.
The enem... |
5034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan | Michigan | Michigan is one of the fifty states in the United States of America. It is the 11th largest state in the United States. It is made up of two peninsulas (connected by the Mackinac Bridge): the only state to be so. It borders the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, and Illinois. Its borders with Minnesot... |
5059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis%20elegans | Caenorhabditis elegans | Caenorhabditis elegans is a species of roundworm or nematode. It is important because much research has been done on its genetics and development.
C. elegans is about 1 mm long. The worms are not parasites, they are free-living. They live in soil and feed on bacteria. C. elegans is a model organism, used to study anim... |
5060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Weimar | Saxe-Weimar | Saxe-Weimar () was a duchy in Thuringia, Germany. The chief town and capital was Weimar.
History
Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha were the two original Ernestine Duchies. They both gradually shrank in size as land in Thuringia was divided among sons..
In 1741 Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar inheritated the Duchy of ... |
5064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham | Oldham | Oldham is a town in the North West of England. It is to the north-east of Manchester. It is part of Greater Manchester. Oldham was part of Lancashire until 1 April 1974.
There were riots in Oldham in May 2001. It is the centre of the Borough of Oldham.
Oldham Council achieved dubious notoriety in 2009 when in ran up... |
5071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan | Pakistan | Pakistan is a country in South Asia. It is next to India, Iran, Afghanistan, and China. It is officially called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It has a long coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south. Pakistan has the fifth largest population (207.77 million) in the world. Pakistan has a total land area of (inclu... |
5072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand | New Zealand | New Zealand (known as in the Māori language) is an island country in Oceania. It is a sovereign state in the south-western part of the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of two large islands (the North Island and the South Island) and many smaller islands. These islands are located to the southeast of Australia. New Zealand... |
5073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Korea | South Korea | South Korea is a country in the southern part of the Korean peninsula, in the north east region of Asia. The capital city is Seoul. The official name of South Korea is the Republic of Korea in English, 대한민국 (Daehan Minguk) in Korean writing (Hangeul), and 大韓民國 in Chinese characters (Hanja). About half of the country's ... |
5074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Ireland | Republic of Ireland | Ireland ( ) is a European country on the island of Ireland. It is a member of the European Union. The country is sometimes called the Republic of Ireland in order to distinguish between the territory of the Irish state and island proper, but Ireland is its official name. It covers about five-sixths of the island of ... |
5075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam | Vietnam | Vietnam () is a country in Southeast Asia. The long-form name of the country is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The neighboring countries of Vietnam are China, Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam is one of five remaining countries that believe in communism. The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi. The biggest city is Ho Chi Minh Cit... |
5077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance%20Armstrong | Lance Armstrong | Lance Edward Armstrong (born September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas, USA) is an American former bicycle rider. He used drugs which helped him in competition. In 2012 the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) took away all his titles from 1998 to 2006. In 2012, he was also banned forever from cycling competitions.
Before his title... |
5085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton | Ton | Ton might refer to
The common ton or short ton, defined as 2,000 pounds avoirdupois (1000kg)
The long ton, defined as 2,240 pounds (1 016 kg)
The ton, called a metric ton in the United States, is defined as 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds). This unit is also called a "mega-gram" (1 000 000 g) but "tonne" is more conv... |
5093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe%20%28moon%29 | Phoebe (moon) | Phoebe is a moon which goes around (orbits) the planet called Saturn. It takes eighteen months for Phoebe to go all the way around Saturn. It is half made out of rock, and half made out of ice. The ground on Phoebe is black, which means that it is very dark when seen from Earth. Phoebe does not have any air, and there ... |
5098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Peaks%20Challenge | Three Peaks Challenge | The Three Peaks Challenge is a challenge (a hard task or job) which involves climbing three British mountains (a peak is the top of a mountain) in less than 24 hours. The three mountains are the highest of each of the three countries in the island of Great Britain.
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland (1344 ... |
5099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania is one of the 50 states in the United States of America. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It has a border with Ohio on the west, West Virginia on the south and west, Maryland and Delaware on the south, New Jersey on the east, and New York and Lake Erie on the north.
The state capital of Penn... |
5102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box | Box | A box is a container used to put things in. It is mainly a cuboid (square) shape, but it can be other shapes too. Boxes are usually made out of cardboard, wood, plastic or metal.
Many boxes are made of cardboard, and a lot of them are made. They are primarily used for packaging commercial goods or storing goods and mat... |
5103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines | Philippines | The Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It has 7,641 islands. Spain (1521-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized (controlled) the country and Palau, which is on the eastern side of the Philippine Sea. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila.
The Philippines and Ea... |
5108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty%20Towers | Fawlty Towers | Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom. It was broadcast by the BBC in two series, one in 1975, the other in 1979. Only twelve episodes were ever broadcast. However, the show is still liked by millions of people. Fawlty Towers has influenced other comedies.
It is set in a hotel in the coastal Devon town of Torqu... |
5110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom | Custom | A custom (also called a tradition) is a common way of doing things. It is something that many people do, and have done for a long time. Usually, the people come from the same country, culture, or religion. Usually, they do not know when the custom started.
Many customs are things that people do that are handed down fr... |
5111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Ouiatenon | Fort Ouiatenon | Fort Ouiatenon was the first fortified European settlement in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana. It is approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette.
Fort Ouiatenon was originally constructed by the French government in 1717 as a military outpost to protect against Great Britain's western expans... |
5113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai | Chennai | Chennai (formerly known as Madras) is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a population of about 7 million people. Almost 10% of all of the people in the state live in Chennai. The city is the fourth largest city of India. It was founded in 1661 by the British East India Company. The city is on th... |
5114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai | Mumbai | Mumbai (previously known as Bombay until 1996) is a natural harbour on the west coast of India, and is the capital city of Maharashtra state. It is India's largest city, and one of the world's most populous cities. It is the financial capital of India and a global city. Many billionaires live there. The city is the ... |
5115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore | Bangalore | Former Bangalore (English pronunciation: ˈbæŋɡəlɔər, bæŋɡəˈlɔər), today again and officially known as Bengaluru () is the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is famous for its Information technology industry and so it is called the Silicon Valley of India. Today as a large and growing city, Bangalore has ... |
5116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar%20the%20Great | Akbar the Great | Akbar (Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, 15 October 1542 – 27 October 1605) was the 3rd Mughal Emperor. He was born in Umarkot (now Pakistan). He accepted Islam on the holy day of 21 March 1546. He was the son of 2nd Mughal Emperor Humayun.
Akbar became the de jure king in 1556 at the age of 13 when his father d... |
5117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Delhi | New Delhi | New Delhi () is the capital of India and a union territory of the megacity of Delhi. It has a very old history and is home to several monuments where the city is expensive to live in. In traditional Indian geography, it falls under the North Indian zone. The city has an area of about . New Delhi has a population of abo... |
5118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Hillary | Edmund Hillary | Sir Edmund Percival Hillary , (born 20 July 1919, died 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. He and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay were the first people to climb Mount Everest. They got to the top on 29 May 1953. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. During his teenage years, Hillary had a... |
5119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright%20brothers | Wright brothers | The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), designed, built, and flew the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air airplane on December 17, 1903. They had been experimenting for many years with gliders and other vehicles before their fir... |
5121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Darwin | Charles Darwin | Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He is famous for his work on the theory of evolution.
His book On the Origin of Species in 1859. In this book, he put forward much evidence that evolution had occurred. He also proposed natural se... |
5122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Smith | Adam Smith | Adam Smith (16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist, who is called the Father of Modern Economics.
The Wealth of Nations
His book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, was very important. People call the book just The Wealth of Nations. It stated some of the... |
5123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Newton | Isaac Newton | Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1643 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He is well known for his work on the laws of motion, optics, gravity, and calculus. In 1687, Newton published a book called the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica in which he presents his theory of u... |
5125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Wolfgang%20von%20Goethe | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German writer, poet, novelist, and playwright. He also worked as an actor, administrator, scientist, geologist, botanist, and philosopher. He influenced many 19th century writers and thinkers. His contributions to science include his work in botany and... |
5127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras | Pythagoras | Pythagoras of Samos was a famous Greek mathematician and philosopher ( ). He is known best for the proof of the important Pythagorean theorem, which is about right angle triangles. He started a group of mathematicians, called the Pythagoreans, who worshiped numbers and lived like monks. He had an influence on Plato.
H... |
5128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates | Socrates | Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC) was one of the greatest Greek philosophers. He did not propose any specific knowledge or policy. He showed how argument, debate, and discussion could help men to understand difficult issues. Most of the issues he dealt with were only political on the surface. Underneath, they were moral ques... |
5129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%20Alighieri | Dante Alighieri | Dante Alighieri (), known simply as Dante (, , ; c. 1265 – September 14, 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages/Early Renaissance. His central work, the Commedia (Divine Comedy), is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italian ... |
5130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Woolf | Virginia Woolf | Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English modernist writer, essayist and feminist.
Childhood
She was born into a well-known family. Her father, Leslie Stephen, was a Victorian scholar. Her mother, born in India, was a favourite model of the Preraphaelite artists. Her sister, Vanessa Be... |
5131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2028 | March 28 |
Events
Up to 1900
37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193 – Roman Emperor Pertinax was assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sold the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens a... |
5132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/January%2025 | January 25 |
Events
Up to 1900
41 - The Roman Senate confirms Claudius as Emperor, after the murder of Caligula the previous day.
1348 – A strong earthquake strikes northern Italy.
1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1515 - King Francis I of France is crowned.
1533 – Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn.
1554 –... |
5133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Austen | Jane Austen | Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist. She wrote many books of romantic fiction about the gentry. Her works made her one of the most famous and beloved writers in English literature. She is one of the great masters of the English novel.
Austen's works criticized sentimental novels in t... |
5134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20Bront%C3%AB | Charlotte Brontë | Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet.
She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pseudonym (false name) of Currer Bell. In 1846, Charlotte encouraged her sisters to print Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. They did not sell well. Her first novel, Th... |
5135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Bront%C3%AB | Emily Brontë | Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was a British author and poet. She is most famous for her only novel Wuthering Heights (published in 1847). She wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell. Brontë had two sisters, Charlotte and Anne, who were also writers. Her brother, Branwell, was a painter. She co-wrote t... |
5136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Bront%C3%AB | Anne Brontë | Anne Brontë (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English writer and poet. She is best known for writing Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848).
Anne was born on 17 January 1820 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of Patrick and Marie Brontë and the youngest of their six children.... |
5137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Dickens | Charles Dickens | Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was one of the great English writers of the 19th century.
Early life
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. His parents were John Dickens (1785-1851), a naval pay clerk, and Elizabeth Barrow (1789–1863).
When Dickens was born he had a rare disorder meaning he... |
5138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Portsmouth is a city in the south of England, in the county of Hampshire. About 280,536 people live there (As Of 2017). It is a port and is the home of the British Royal Navy. It's the second-largest city in the county of Hampshire, behind Southampton. It is one of the most densely populated cities in Europe. Portsmout... |
5139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Victory | HMS Victory | HMS Victory is the oldest ship still in use. It is in Portsmouth, England with the HMS Warrior and the remains of the Mary Rose, a ship belonging to Henry VIII of England.
Her most famous captains are Horatio Nelson, who died on the ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, and Samuel Hood.
Other websites
HMS Victory R... |
5142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Warrior%20%281860%29 | HMS Warrior (1860) | HMS Warrior was the first battleship with a hull made of iron. It was built in response to the French ironclad warship Gloire. It is in Portsmouth, England with the HMS Victory and the remains of the Mary Rose, a ship belonging to Henry VIII of England.
Other websites
HMS Warrior website
StVincent.ac.uk
Warrior
Por... |
5143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Rose | Mary Rose | The Mary Rose was a ship which belonged to Henry VIII of England. She sank in 1545 in battle with a French fleet.
In 1979, the Mary Rose Trust was formed. In 1982 the Mary Rose Trust managed to get the Mary Rose out of the sea. In 1994, they started to preserve her.
The remains of the Mary Rose are currently in P... |
5144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Tudor | Mary Tudor | The name Mary Tudor can refer to either:
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
Mary I of England |
5147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1603 | 1603 |
Events
April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England
Births
March 18 – John IV of Portugal
Abel Tasman
Deaths
March 24 – Elizabeth I of England |
5148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2028 | April 28 |
Events
Up to 1950
357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem.
1220 – The foundation stone is laid for Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England.
1253 – Nichiren Buddhism is founded.
1503... |
5149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny%20on%20the%20Bounty | Mutiny on the Bounty | The Mutiny on the Bounty has become a famous story, leading to many books, movies, and songs. The HMS Bounty was a small, three masted, fully rigged, sailing ship. The Bounty became famous when the crew (seamen) mutinied (took over) the ship on 28 April 1789. The captain of the Bounty was named William Bligh.
The ship... |
5150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1787 | 1787 |
Events
May 13 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with the First Fleet, 11 ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
August 16 – Lieutenant William Bligh takes command of the HMVA Bounty.
December 23 – The HMVA Bounty is sent to Tahiti to collect breadfruit plants.
Date un... |
5151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2016 | August 16 |
Events
Up to 1900
1 BC China: Wang Mang is declared marshal of the state. Emepror Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no living heirs.
1513 Battle of Guinegate: Henry VIII of England and his imperial allies defeat French forces who are then forced to retreat.
1728 Vitus Bering reaches the Diomede Islands b... |
5152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2023 | December 23 |
Events
Up to 1900
583 - Maya Queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
679 - King Dagobert II of Paris is murdered on a hunting trip.
962 - Arab-Byzantine Wars: Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo in present-day Syria.
1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan is exe... |
5153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788 | 1788 |
Events
January 26 – The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove, bringing the first European settlers to Australia. This is now celebrated as Australia's national day.
October 25 – The HMVA Bounty reaches Tahiti.
December 14 – Accession of Charles IV, King of Spain.
Georgia becomes a state.
Births
January 22 – Lo... |
5154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%2025 | October 25 |
Events
Up to 1900
1147 - Portuguese forces under Afonso I of Portugal, and crusaders from England and Flanders, conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
1154 - Henry II of England becomes King.
1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats a French army at the Battle of Agincourt.
1616 – Dirk Hartog makes the s... |
5155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789 | 1789 |
Events
April 4 – The HMAV Bounty leaves Tahiti.
April 28 – The Mutiny on the Bounty led by Fletcher Cristian.
April 30 – George Washington becomes first President of United States.
French Revolution: The people of France depose their king and rule the country themselves.
Births
September 15 – James Fenimore C... |
5156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%204 | April 4 |
Events
Up to 1900
1147 – First historic record of Moscow.
1581 – Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1660 - Declaration of Breda by Charles II of England.
1721 - Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1789 – The HMAV Bounty leaves Tahiti.
1812 – US President Ja... |
5157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2028 | May 28 |
Events
Up to 1950
585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
1453 – The last Christian service takes place in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, present-day Istanbul,... |
5158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20virtues | Political virtues | The political virtues were listed by Bernard Crick "In Defense of Politics", 1982. They included but were not limited to:
prudence:
take one step, then see its results before taking another
conciliation:
making friends with people you have argued with
compromise:
giving up some things you want to get those things tha... |
5159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%20Jane%20Grey | Lady Jane Grey | Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), also known as 'The Nine Days Queen', was born in London, or at her family home of Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England.
Jane was an English noblewoman, who occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was executed by decapitation, a usual method for persons of royal blo... |
5160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower%20of%20London | Tower of London | The Tower of London is an ancient Norman stone fortress in London, England. It stands on the bank of the River Thames, in the oldest part of the city.
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
The fortress was built by William the Conqueror, King William I, starting in 1078. The moat was built by Richard I, using w... |
5161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Boleyn | Anne Boleyn | Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1533 until 1536. She was the mother of Elizabeth I of England. Anne has been called "the most influential and important queen consort England has ever had." It was because of Anne Boleyn that Henry VIII di... |
5163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona%20Lisa | Mona Lisa | Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a 16th-century portrait painted in oil by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance in Florence, Italy. Many people think Mona Lisa's smile is mysterious. It is so often studied, recognized, and copied that it is the most famous painting . The Louvre says that about... |
5164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2014 | December 14 |
Events
Up to 1900
557 - Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
1287 – The St. Lucia's flood in the Netherlands kills around 50,000 people.
1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots inherits the throne of Scotland at the age of just 6 days, following the death of her father, King James V of Scotland.
1782 – The ... |
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